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Hy Grorce Howanp, Jr
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Get Out The Way Coons Sir Teddy Tune 1844 Protests
A historical broadside song from March 1844 in South Weare New Hampshire denouncing theCoons and their supporters in Kentucky and national politics. The verses mock the coon ticket and favor the speakers’ candidate, Martin, predicting defeat at the ballot box.
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Sir Harry
Captain Tyler
Johnny
Kentucky
Harry
Clay
Golly
Old Kentucky
Martin
Tecumseh
Kentuck
Sir Henry
Salt River
South Weare
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March
Melville Speech Highlights Democratic Festival Address
Extract from Gansevoort Melville Esq before the Democracy of New York on the recent Democratic Festival. He calls attention to the starting fact that an indirect and most insidious...
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Gansevoort Melville
New York
Democratic Rally Against Henry Clay Worship Sowed by Whigs
A fiery speech denounces Henry Clay as an idol in Whig ranks, condemning bank recharter attempts and party factionalism. The speaker recalls 1840 defeats, credits Jacksonian unity for recovery, and urges firm organization to press the democracy’s anti Whig platform in upcoming contests.
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Ile
Clay
Henry Clay
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Courses and Enquirer
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Express
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Mr Clay
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America
Republic
Ultra Partizanship
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Greece
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Democracy
United States Bank
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
Martin van Buren
Harrisburg
William Henry Harrison
Sear
Webster
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Ogle
Prentis
Mississippi
Wilson
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Preston
South Carolina
Harison
Tennessee
Jackson
Empire State
Young Democracy
Africa
Duty and unity for the Baltimore Convention nominee
A speaker urges steadfast duty to democracy and declares a May fourth Monday mobilization to back the Baltimore Convention nominee with earnest organization and enthusiastic support on the Hero of New Orleans birthday. Nine cheers endorse the chosen candidate.
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Baltimore
New Oleans
Opinions on Henry Clay from political contemporaries
A compilation of remarks attributed to Daniel Webster John Randolph and others about Henry Clay covering faith and integrity politics and public stance. Includes Jefferson Harrison and Richmond Whig views on Clay as a speaker and reformer and notes on protection free trade and agriculture. Ends with a weathered section on Millerite prophecies and the Miller/Himes letters from 1844.
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Gen. Jackson
Clay
Jackson
Webster
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Jefferson
Harrison
Randolph
John Randolph
Mr. Clay
H. Clay
van Buren
South
Richmond Whig
Surplus Wheat Debate in Zanesville Turbine
In a Zanesville Ohio editorial the writer questions how a predicted 118000000 bushel wheat surplus beyond US home use can be absorbed. They challenge tariff advocates to create a thriving domestic market and wonder who will consume the excess instead of exporting or letting it rot.
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United States
Zanesville
Ohio
Lurora
British interests in Darien ship canal project
The Burings contract with the Republic of New Grenada aims to build a transoceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien, granting eighty thousand acres of interior land to the company. British subjects, not official agents, stand to gain political and commercial advantages, with the project described as a five year effort that will transform global commerce and mark a new era for the country.
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Burings
Republic of New Grenada
Darien
Great Britain
Chicken Manufactory Opinion Sparks Odd Invention Idea
A whimsical piece mocks nature by imagining a chicken hatchery in a box near the publication office. It notes a man producing fifty birds daily and a thousand eggs always ready, praising the heat efficiency and vigor of the chicks while joking about a machine to lay eggs to end hens.
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Mr. Tribune
Colt Submarine Battery Test Off Washington
An experiment near the Navy Yard in Washington used a 500-ton barque commanded by Lieut. Boyle. The vessel sailed with a blood-red flag, then the crew abandoned ship in a boat as a rocket signaling safety. The battery exploded as the ship reached the target, leaving a wrecked, ill formed hull.
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Colt
Navy Yard
Washington
Lieut. Boyle
U. S
Four Children Born to Mrs Barger in February Near Petersville Md
Mrs Barger wife of Abraham Barger living near Petersville Maryland delivered four healthy children in late February. Eighteen months earlier she had three children born at one birth. The text then shifts to political territory expansion arguments and a separate Kentucky item noting a murder case.
Westfield man dies by self harm over marriage clash
The Westfield Mass Messenger reports Mr Lake Drury cut his throat on the 8th inst in that place, driven by his son’s intended marriage to a colored girl. They note a sharp distinction between outward beauty and inward virtue in the grievance.
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Lake Drury
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J. W. Himes
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Brother Himes
Paducah
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